Northwestern at Michigan

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 20, 1946, page 34

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  Michigan Grabs Northwestern Lost-PeHod Pass, Ties 14-l4 ANN ARBOR. Mich. Oct. 10 Michigan and Northwestern, bat Ting for a clear claim to the Western Conference football lead, fought to a br,lising; thrilling 14–⁠14 Tie today be-. fore crowd of 74,5o0 m Michigar11 Stadium Fullback Bob Wiese and Halfback Chalmers Bump Elliott of Michi-. gan collaborated in, the final period on 40 Gerard return Of an intersceptAd pkss 10 doom the Wildcats NJ 81 tte Atter Northwestern had ie31ed THE upper hand, I4–⁠7, Id q. hfttea struggle. Tie break came after Michigan had held Northwestern on the VOL VERNE 21-yard line. Quarterback Don Burson.s fourth-down jump pass was intercepted on the II by Wiese, who swept down field to the right and lateralled to Elliott on the Michigan 40, from where the speedy back sprinted so yards down the sideline for a touchdown. Elliott also scored the Wolverines first touchdown late in the first PEI riod when he caught 37-yard pass from Bob Chappuis in the corner of the end zone. Automatic Jim” Brieske converted for both of Michigan’s vital extra points. Wildcats Roll to Scores. In the second period, however, Northwestern’s running game, which outgained Michigan 202 yards to 80, began rolling with Vic Schwall, Frank Aschenbrenner and Art Murakowski carrying the ball. Starting from their Is, the Wild cats drove II yards in seven plays. The drive was stymied temporarily on Michigan’s IL where Paul White recovered Jerry Carle’s tumble. But two plays later Wolverine Quarter back Pete Elliott fumbled and Gen. ter Alex Sarkisian recovered for Northwestern on the Michigan 18. Schwall raced through right tackle for touchdown and converted to knot the count at Tall. / Michigan roared back after the kickoff and drove to the Northwest ern 48 where Henry Fonde fumbled and Northwestern Left Guard

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 20, 1946, page 1

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  WOLVERINES TIED NORTHWESTERN Both Teams Fought For Leadership OF Big Nine Before 74,5O0 Fan. ANN Arbor, Mich, Oct. 10. - P- Michigan and Northwestern, tattling for a clear claim to the Western Conference football lead, fought to a bruising, thrilling 14–⁠14 tie today before a crowd of “a. 500 in Michigan stadium. Fullback Bob Wiese and halfback Chalmers Dump Elliott Of Michigan celebrated in the final period on an 88-yard return of an in tercepted pass to doom the Wild cats to a tie after Northwestern had seized the upper hand l4–⁠7 in a bitter struggle. The break came after Michigan hao held Northwestern on the Wolverine 2l-yard line. Quarter back Don Burson’s fourth-down jump pass was intercepted on the u by Wiese, who swept down field to the right and lateralled to Ell lott On the Michigan 40, from where the speedy back sprinted so yards down the side-line for a touchdown. Elliott also scored the Wolverines’ first touchdown late in the first period when he caught a 81 yard pass from Bob Chappuis in the corner Of the end zone. Auto matte jim” Brieske converted for both of Michigan’s vital extra points. In the second period, however, Northwestern’s running game, which outgained Michigan 202 yards to 80, began rolling with Vic SchWall, Frank Aschenbrenner and Art Murakowski carrying the bill

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 21, 1946, page 3 (results column)

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  Grid Season (otkeyed or, Eastern Field NEW YORK, Oct. 2l (APl-The college football season, a cockeyed campaign in which surprises are a dime a dozen and nothing seems impossible, reaches the halfway mark this week with only a hand ful of major teams still clutching untarnished records. Many previously unbeaten out fits were engaged today in pulling themselves from the wreckage strewn across every section of the land in the past weekend’s wave of upsets and there was a strong possibility that similar embarrass- ment lay ahead for some of those who escaped Army, Notre Dame and Texas still the nations top trio-all have their work cut out for them next Saturday when they face tough opponents ready, willing and able to blemish their all victorious rec ords. The Cadets, who blasted Colum- bia from the unbeaten ranks 48- IA, move into New York’s Polo Grounds for their annual battle with Duke The Blue Devils warmed up for this one with a 41–⁠0 whitewashing of Richmond. Notre Dame, idle last week, in vades Iowa, which pulled one of Saturdays many surprises by blank ing Indiana 13–⁠0. Texas, which dumped previously unbeaten Ar kansas 200, visits Rice, an im- proved team that dropped South crn Methodist 21–⁠7 for it’s third triumph since losing 7–⁠6 opener to Louisiana State. Pennsylvania Quakers, wno kept their record clean by smear ing Virginia 40–⁠0, entertain Navy in another Eastern headliner. The Middies, downed 21–⁠14 by North Carolina for their third loss, should be ready to give somebody a troublesome afternoon. Cornell tied 6–⁠6 by Yale, .v.sits Princeton, 14–⁠7 winner over Rut- gers, and Columbia goes to Dart mouth upset 20–⁠13 by Brown, for couple of Ivy League contests. Elsewhere in the East, it will be Coast Guard at Yale, Holy Cross at Harvard, Syracuse at West Vir- mia and Bos:cn University at Brown. Midwestern fans will be treated to two conference games in the Big Nine, where the form already has been scrambled beyond recog- nition. Illinois, 27–⁠21 victor over Wisconsin, will be at Michigan, which tied Northwestern 14–⁠14, and Minnesota, which swamped Wyoming 46–⁠0, will go to Ohio State, tied 14–⁠14 by Purdue. Other Midwestern highlights will find Indiana at Nebraska, Col lege ol Pacific at Northwestern, Purdue at Pittsburgh, Southern Methodist at Missouri, Oklahoma at Iowa State, Cincinnati at Mich igan State, Arizona at Marquette and Kansas at Tulsa. Tennessee, which knocked Ala bama from the ranks of the all- victorious, 12–⁠0, will risk it’s per feet record in try for a fifth triumph at Lake Forest

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Michigan leads 61–⁠15–⁠2 in 78 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.